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Universities increasingly turn to graduate programs to balance their books

The Hechinger Report

With her undergraduate degree in sociology and political science, “I couldn’t get anything more than serving jobs — not to dis on serving jobs,” said Jackie Vazquez-Aldana, a second-year law student at St. It definitely needs more attention,” Stevens said. People expect that once you finish your undergrad, you go to grad school.”

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Teaching social studies in a polarized world

The Hechinger Report

About 3,500 people attended the conference, among them K-12 and higher ed educators who teach the subjects that constitute social studies — including history, civics, geography, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, law and religious studies.

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When the man behind the curtain is female: More women now hold key education policymaker jobs

The Hechinger Report

Samantha Tran, senior managing director of education policy at Children Now, a nonpartisan research, policy and advocacy organization, noticed. “I There definitely seems to be an openness to that, and in my experience, it is different.” in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Is California saving higher education?

The Hechinger Report

Today, Mora is an associate professor of sociology at Berkeley and a mentor to other first-generation college students. I definitely want to be out of here in four years,” Soberano said. I definitely want to be out of here in four years,” Soberano said. “If Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report.

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